The hot topic of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, September 16 to 21, was:<\/p>\n
Story – Blue Whale suicide game hits Joburg \u2013 173 shares<\/strong><\/p> A warning has been issued by a trauma counsellor after the Blue Whale game recently surfaced in Gauteng. The warning followed after a Facebook post went viral by a mother in Johannesburg, who discovered her son had been playing the Blue Whale game. The Blue Whale suicide game is an online application that encourages people to kill themselves.<\/p>\n You said:<\/strong><\/p> * Sonia Thomas: \u201cGoodness gracious what next?\u201d<\/p>\n * Corleen Roberts: \u201cThis is frightening!\u201d<\/p>\n * Natacha Fegen: \u201cMy child is only nine years old and even though he doesn\u2019t have access to the internet to get this game I still had a talk with him. There is pressure from friends even at the tender age of nine.\u201d<\/p>\n Join the conversation and have your say by visiting the Germiston City News\u2019 Facebook page.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>, Leigh Hodgson (journalist)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or Puleng Sekabate (journalist) pulengs@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Or add the GCN on\u00a0<\/b><\/span>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n